Vehicle-wheel.



F. FISHER & K. w. HOUSTON.

VEHICLE WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED IAN-31,1916.

hunted. Aug. 29, 1916.

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INVENTORS WITNESSES: m/ 5% mm Z 00 F h F VA. Y B h F. FISHER & K. W. HOUSTON.

Patented Aug. 29; 1916.

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WITNESSES: F d h re -Z6 e7 T Q Kenneth Zz/Jzaasion FRED FK$HER 53110 KENNETH li llliilllfii'lltiN, U'

iSSEG'HmE, Still:

nieaaaa finalisation filed January 3 It, time.

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known. that We, Flinn FISHER and KENNETH l V. l lon's'ron, citizens ot the United States-residing at Ironton, in the county of lron and titate 0t ltlissouri, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Vehicle-l vheels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

. (liar ini' ention has relation to improvements in vehicle Wheels; and it consists in the novel features of construction more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

The object of our invention is to provide a vehicle Wheel in which the pneumatic tire is dispensed With, thus doing away with tire troubles, Without sacrificing any of the resiliency of the Wheel.

Etturther object is to provide a vehicle wheel in which the resiliency is interposed between the hub and the lined rim, at the same time maintaining a positive connection between the hub and the outer part of Wheel thereby avoiding slippage between these respective parts.

Further and other advantages Will he bet ter apparent iroin a detailed description of the invention in connection with the accornpanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a face view of the Wheel; 2 is an edge View of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged View similar to Fig. l, the hublislr losing removed, however, and part of thewheel broken away; Fig. 4 a vertical cross-section through the Wheel taken on the line 4t-l of Fig. i; Fig. is a similar section talren on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is an enlarged vievv of a part of the Wheel showing the locking plate Whi ch secures the tire and rim to the lined .riin; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the locking plate; and Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic View or" the wheel showing how the hub can yield With respect to the outer part of the Wheel,

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents an annular vvelo or plate constituting the body portion of the Wheel, the same being pro vided at its outer edge with a channel 2 hav ing side flanges it, h, and at its inner edge With a channel 3. lhe outer channi l 52; serves as the tired rim of the Wheel and will he hereinat M referred to as such. At lair intern is the "flanges 71,, h, or the Fixed Specification of Etette s itatent.

run are provided with marginal recesses a, n, into which is placed a locking plate 4 provided with flanges f, 7", on its inner face, whlch pass over and embrace the fixed rim 2,

whereby the locking plate is held against to lateral. displ; merit Projecting from the outer face oi. locking plate 4 is a lug m, directly or oosite which is atightening screw p218: through the Web of the fixed run 2, and reinforcing" boss l), formed t5 thereon and hearing against the inner face. of the lockin )late Adapted to pass over the fix J till 2 is a demountahle rim R provided with openings 0 equal in number to the loci ng nlates i, and so spaced as to to register the lugs m of said plates. The rirn split at a point 22 so that it may he a art and passed over the lined rim an: ring-plates l a sullicient distance to a the lugs m to enter the '76 openings a, ti ionntahle rim again com 111;; togethe said lugs m have entered said o'er lie Web 1 has large openings t} C-Oilu .oiis to the fined rim 2 and Y opposite the sses 7) in order that access .80 may he had i the tighteningecrew 5 for adjustment it, riin lit is provided with annular i .4 r, r, for more effectively securi g r1 t r tire 'l? which is adapted to pass around rini liand be securely held thereby.

regresent huh of the Wheel between which the channel. 3 of the Web 1 is placed a i. Mal. spring S, the outer end of which is s cured into said channel while an the inner e id ts into a radial depression d on. th Pt of the hub. Bolted to each side of t nut and incasing' the spring E are th whites or disks 6, 6; and at regular in "s, a series of spacing nieme5 hers or hot 1' are passed through the plates 6, 6, near outer edges, said plates heconn ed oetween the shoulders s, s, of the spacir Lnbeis, and the nuts 6, e, which pass \r the screw-threaded stems too i, 2', of said ii iers '7. llie members 7 also traverse o1 vs a, bounded by flanged Walls 10, in ti i h it.

' A r the 1 i has been placed'over the rim tl e s 5 are tightenedagainst 1 .05 the plates thereby driving said plates firmly s J the rim and causing the rim to sufiiciently to take up the play lice. e rim and the tire. lt is obvious ti rim cannot slip on the fixed i] a rim since it is locked to the plates 4 which in turn are incapable of lateral movement on the fixed rim owing to the flanges f, f, straddling the fixed rim, and the recesses a, n, in which the plates 4 rest.

Owing to the movement of the hub H relative to the web 1, it is necessary to provide a clearance betweenthe members 7, and the walls in of the opening u, and we have chosen to adopt a triangular opening (as shown in the diagrammatic View Fig.

' 8) as it gives sufficient clearance without unnecessary play. When the wheel is in motion the Walls w of the openings 14 will engage the bolts 7 and carry them around with the outer part of the wheel; the bolts 7, being fixed to the hub-plates 6, will obviously cause them and the hub to rotate with the outer part of the wheel, at the same time allowing a relative transverse movement between the outer and inner parts of the Wheel because of the openings u. The shocks and jolts that the wheel suffers will be communicated to the spring S where they are allowed to spend their force, because of the play or relative movement just described, the hub remaining unaffected. It

is thus clear that no jolts Would be communicated to the axle and vehicle, all being dissipated by virtue of the resiliency of the wheel. y

it is obvious that We may resort to modifications of the details of the construction Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having described our invention what we claim is:

1. In a vehicle wheel, a fixed rim, a demountable rim surrounding the fixed rim, the demountable rim being provided with openings, locking plates interposed between said demeuntable rim and fixed rim, the

latter being provided with peripheral recesses for receiving the locking-plates, suitable formations. on the outer faces of the locking-plates entering the openings of the demountable rim, flanges projecting from the inner faces of the locking plates, and straddling the fixed rim, and screws open ating through the fixed rim and engaging the inner faces of 'the locking plates.

2.,In a vehicle wheel, a fixed channel rim opening outwardly, the flanges of the channel being provided with opposite marginal recesses, a series of plates received by said recesses and projecting beyond the flanges of the fixed rim, flanges on the plates engaging the outer faces of the flanges of the channel, a rim encompassing the several plates and provided with openings opposite the plates, suitable formations on the outer faces of the plates entering said openings, and screws traversing the webs of the channel and engaging the inner faces of the plates for locking the parts together.

' 3. In a vehicle wheel, a fixed channel rim opening outwardly, the flanges of the channelbeing provided with n'iarginal recesses, a series of plates spanning the channel and resting in the recesses aforesaid, formations on the inner facesof the plates engaging the flanges of the channel, an outer rim engaged by the plates and provided with sockets opposite the plates, the latter having suitable lugs entering said sockets, and screws carried by the webs of the channel and engaging the plates.v

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

FRED FISHER. KENNETH Wj HOUSTON. Witnesses EMIL S'rAnnK, J. H. Knrrn. 

